"Covering the long arc of Trump's career, Johnston tells the full story of how a boy from a quiet section of Queens, NY would become an entirely new, and complex, breed of public figure. Trump is a man of great media savvy, entrepreneurial spirit, and political clout. Yet his career has been plagued by legal troubles and mounting controversy. From the origins of his family's real estate fortune, to his own too-big-to-fail business empire; from his education and early career, to his whirlwind presidential bid, The Making of Donald Trump provides the fullest picture yet of Trump's extraordinary ascendancy.

“约翰斯顿讲述了特朗普职业生涯的漫长历程，讲述了一个来自纽约皇后区一个安静地区的男孩如何成为一个全新的、复杂的公众人物。特朗普是一个非常精通媒体、具有企业家精神和政治影响力的人。然而，他的职业生涯一直受到法律问题和日益激烈的争议的困扰。从他家族房地产财富的来源，到他自己的大到不能倒的商业帝国；从他的教育和早期职业生涯，到他旋风般的总统竞选，唐纳德·特朗普的诞生为特朗普的非凡优势提供了迄今为止最全面的描述。